Visas: Entertainers

(asked on 4th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to occupation code 3414, Dancers and choreographers, of the Skilled worker visa shortage occupations list published 6 April 2021, how many dancers and choreographers the UK is short of.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 9th June 2021

The Home Secretary wrote to the Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee on 23 October 2020 setting out the Governments response to their review of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL).

The UK labour market is changing as a result of Covid, with many facing uncertainty or a need to find new employment. We are therefore taking time to assess how it has changed before making further changes to the shortage occupation list as our immigration policies should be considered alongside our strategy for the UK Labour Market, not separately or as an alternative to them. A copy of the full letter can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-the-mac-on-the-shortage-occupation-lists-report.

The Migration Advisory Committee review of the SOL, published on 29 September 2020, sets out the rationale for recommending jobs which should be added to the SOL. This is based on several factors and not just the number of vacancies. A full copy of the report can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-shortage-occupation-list-2020

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